KABUL (Pajhwok): Russia is ready to play the role of witness or guarantor of possible peace agreement between the US and Taliban if requested, a state media reported. “The Russian side is ready to be the third party at the signing or a guarantor of...

KABUL (Pajhwok): A 14-member Taliban delegation led by the group’s chief negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund has left for Russia from the Qatari capital Doha to attend a ceremony marking the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Afghanistan .

KABUL (Pajhwok): As the Taliban and Afghan politicians who met in Moscow and agreed to continue talks, the Afghan government on Thursday said the gathering in Russia was a political summit and lacked executive outcome. The two-day talks chaired by...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Presidential hopeful Hanif Atmar on Wednesday joined senior Afghan politicians on the day two of their unsanctioned peace talks with Taliban representatives in Moscow, Russia, his election office in Kabul said, calling the first day...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Participants of the Moscow conference on Afghanistan peace on the day two Wednesday called the gathering as ‘constructive’ and expressed hope for a fruitful outcome. The conference that kicked off a day earlier in Moscow and resumed...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Taliban chief peace negotiator Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai on Tuesday said the current Afghanistan ’s constitution was not ‘valid’ and they wanted an Islamic constitution and ‘an inclusive Islamic government system.’

KABUL (Pajhwok): Twenty Afghan politicians have been invited to talks in Moscow to find a political settlement to the decades old conflict in Afghanistan in the coming days, but the unity government in Kabul said it preferred direct talks with the insurgents only.

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Russia and Pakistan have promised all-out support for efforts to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan through close coordination. The vow came at meetings between Russia’s Special Representative Ambassador Zamir Kabulov,...

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Moscow and New Delhi are mulling over creating a joint mechanism to counter mounting threats from militant groups in Afghanistan , an Indian newspaper reported on Tuesday. The situation in Afghanistan came up for discussion...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Russia on Monday postponed a major meeting on Afghanistan peace earlier planned to take place next week in Moscow after President Ghani telephoned Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and emphasized on the Afghan ownership of the peace process.

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Pakistan and Russia will hold high-level talks in Moscow this week on a negotiated political settlement in Afghanistan , an Islamabad-based newspaper reported on Monday. Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif will pay a working visit to...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Vladimir Putin administration has been asked to take part in the restoration of 124 important facilities it has built in Afghanistan . Kasem Mohammad, commercial attaché at the Afghan embassy in Moscow, said on Monday: "Many...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Optimistic about the outcome of a six-nation conference in Russia on Afghanistan ’s future that began on Wednesday in Moscow, political affairs experts in Kabul said the Afghan government should push for a consensus roadmap at the...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Taliban on Thursday welcomed a trilateral meeting in Russian capital Moscow that demanded delisting the rebel group from the United Nations (UN) black list. Two days earlier, senior officials from Russia, China and Pakistan met...